The long-term rate of change in lung function in urban professional firefighters: a systematic review

The long-term rate of change in lung function in urban professional firefighters: a systematic review

Abstract Background Despite the known occupational hazards, it is not yet clear whether long-term career firefighting leads to a greater rate of decline in lung function than would normally be expected, and how this rate of change is affected by firefighting exposures and other risk/protective facto...

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Main Authors: Flynn Slattery, Kylie Johnston, Catherine Paquet, Hunter Bennett, Alan Crockett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Firefighters
Firefighting
Spirometry
Lung function
Exposure
Longitudinal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0711-8

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0711-8

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